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Introduction to Linux - A Hands on Guide

This guide was created as an overview of the Linux Operating System, geared toward new users as an exploration tour and getting started guide, with exercises at the end of each chapter.
For more advanced trainees it can be a desktop reference, and a collection of the base knowledge needed to proceed with system and network administration. This book contains many real life examples derived from the author's experience as a Linux system and network administrator, trainer and consultant. They hope these examples will help you to get a better understanding of the Linux system and that you feel encouraged to try out things on your own.

"The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint Xfce. Linux Mint Xfce is rolling on top of a Debian 'Testing' package base and uses the same repositories as Linux Mint Debian edition. This offers the following advantages to Linux Mint Xfce: a huge performance boost; a continuous flow of updates which allows users to keep their system up to date without waiting for new releases; a more mainstream desktop and software selection; an easier maintenance for the team which makes it easier to release in both 32-bit and 64-bit with every Linux Mint Debian edition release."

I was looking for a distro that was light and that would be blazingly fast on a 686 machine, and it is just that.

The distro doesn't know what to do with the laptop's sleep buttons, the sound buttons and the wi-fi card works even if Mint XFCE doesn't really care about the blue LED. Connectivity on a wi-fi network has nothing to envy any GNOME based Linux distro.

For the rest? Well it's fast and it works. 7 applications including Chromium, Libre writer, software manager, file system, a gedit script, Conky and the Mint menu for 247Mb of RAM.

This is Xfce for those who like it, not for those who expect it to be lightweight; it uses as much memory as the Gnome version. When Mint eventually has to go to Gnome 3, I expect this version will get a lot of new users.

Apart from the interface, this is Mint as usual: fast, simple installation, followed by a fast boot of a very reliable system. As in the Gnome Mint, you still get 3 video players, but this time they all work. Although it is Debian-based, you get the genuine Firefox and Thunderbird. Codecs and flash are installed. The only objection I can find to make is that it comes setup with only one workspace and no pager on the panel.